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Tabs in Vim: How do you make it so that when you copy+paste code (legally) from a website, the tab alignment is correct?
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Mar 15, 20261767 viewsConfidence Score0%
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So the tabbing is correct on the website itself, but when I paste it into the terminal, each line becomes tabbed further out than the previous one, and is horrendous to fix manually. How do you make it so that the alignment remains the same as it was when it was on the website (correct)?
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Fix for: Tabs in Vim: How do you make it so that when you copy+paste code (legally) from a website, the tab alignment is correct?
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Try using just before you paste something into vi. Once you've pasted in all you want, . You might want to consider in your vimrc file. The vim wikia page on auto indenting might intrigue you.
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